layout | title | nav_order |
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default |
Custom branding |
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Introduced 1.2 {: .label .label-purple }
By default, OpenSearch Dashboards uses the OpenSearch logo, but if you want to use custom branding elements such as the favicon or main Dashboards logo, you can do so by editing opensearch_dashboards.yml
or by including a custom opensearch_dashboards.yml
file when you start your OpenSearch cluster.
For example, if you're using Docker to start your OpenSearch cluster, include the following lines in the opensearch-dashboards
section of your docker-compose.yml
file:
volumes:
- ./opensearch_dashboards.yml:/usr/share/opensearch-dashboards/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
Doing so replaces the Docker image's default opensearch_dashboards.yml
with your custom opensearch_dashboards.yml
file, so be sure to include your desired settings as well. For example, if you want to configure TLS for OpenSearch Dashboards, see Configure TLS for OpenSearch Dashboards.
Re-launch OpenSearch Dashboards, and OpenSearch Dashboards now uses your custom elements.
The following elements in OpenSearch Dashboards are customizable:
Setting | Corresponding branding element |
---|---|
logo | Header logo. See #1 in the image. |
mark | OpenSearch Dashboards mark. See #2 in the image. |
loadingLogo | Loading logo used when OpenSearch Dashboards is starting. See #3 in the image. |
faviconUrl | Website icon. Loads next to the application title. See #4 in the image. |
applicationTitle | The application's title. See #5 in the image. |
To consolidate navigation controls and reduce the space the header takes up on the page, see Condensed header. {: .note}
To start using your own branding elements in OpenSearch Dashboards, first uncomment this section of opensearch_dashboards.yml
:
# opensearchDashboards.branding:
# logo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# mark:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# loadingLogo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# faviconUrl: ""
# applicationTitle: ""
Add the URLs you want to use as branding elements to the appropriate setting. Valid image types are SVG
, PNG
, and GIF
.
Customization of dark mode Dashboards is also available, but you first must supply a valid link to defaultUrl
, and then link to your preferred image with darkModeUrl
. If you don't provide a darkModeUrl
link, then Dashboards uses the provided defaultUrl
element for dark mode. You are not required to customize all branding elements, so if you wanted to, it's perfectly valid to change just the logo or any other element. Leave unchanged elements as commented.
The following example demonstrates how to use SVG
files as logos but leaves the other elements as defaults.
logo:
defaultUrl: "https://example.com/validUrl.svg"
darkModeUrl: "https://example.com/validDarkModeUrl.svg"
# mark:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# loadingLogo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# faviconUrl: ""
applicationTitle: "My custom application"
We recommend linking to images that are hosted on a web server, but if you really want to use locally hosted images, save your images inside assets
, and then configure opensearch_dashboards.yml
to use the correct paths. You can access locally stored images through the ui/assets
folder.
The following example assumes the default port of 5601 that Dashboards uses and demonstrates how to link to locally stored images.
logo:
defaultUrl: "https://localhost:5601/ui/assets/my-own-image.svg"
darkModeUrl: "https://localhost:5601/ui/assets/dark-mode-my-own-image.svg"
mark:
defaultUrl: "https://localhost:5601/ui/assets/my-own-image2.svg"
darkModeUrl: "https://localhost:5601/ui/assets/dark-mode-my-own-image2.svg"
# loadingLogo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# faviconUrl: ""
applicationTitle: "My custom application"
The condensed header view reduces the footprint of the header and frees up space on the page by combining navigational elements into a single header bar.
The current default view remains close in appearance to the two-bar header offered in the previous version of Dashboards, with minor differences. To specify the condensed header, add the configuration property useExpandedHeader
to the opensearch_dashboards.yml
file and set the value to false
, as the following example illustrates.
# opensearchDashboards.branding:
# logo:
defaultUrl: "https://example.com/sample.svg"
darkModeUrl: "https://example.com/dark-mode-sample.svg"
# mark:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# loadingLogo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# faviconUrl: ""
applicationTitle: "my custom application"
useExpandedHeader: false
In a future release, default behavior will become useExpandedHeader: false
. If you want to retain the default view in subsequent releases, you can explicitly set the property to true
in advance. Alternatively, you can also do this when upgrading.
{: .note }
The condensed view header appears as in the example below.
Header element | Description |
---|---|
OpenSearch logo | See #1. Functions as the home button. |
Header bar | See #2. A single header bar used for all navigation controls. |
The default view remains close to the traditional view, with minor changes.
Header element | Description |
---|---|
Home button | See #1. Returns to the home page and provides an indication when a page is loading. |
Header label | See #2. The label also functions as a home button. |
Navigation controls | See #3. Additional navigation controls on right-side insertion points. |
You can continue using the top header bar in the default view for custom navigation links (such as menu items and plugins). Follow the steps below to keep these elements in the top header in the default view.
-
Replace the property
coreStart.chrome.navControls.registerRight(...)
withcoreStart.chrome.navControls.registerExpandedRight(...)
and then replace the propertycoreStart.chrome.navControls.registerCenter(...)
withcoreStart.chrome.navControls.registerExpandedCenter(...)
-
Make sure the configuration property
useExpandedHeader
is explicitly set totrue
.
The following configuration enables the Security plugin and SSL within OpenSearch Dashboards and uses custom branding elements to replace the OpenSearch logo and application title.
server.host: "0"
opensearch.hosts: ["https://localhost:9200"]
opensearch.ssl.verificationMode: none
opensearch.username: "kibanaserver"
opensearch.password: "kibanaserver"
opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist: [ authorization,securitytenant ]
#server.ssl.enabled: true
#server.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/server/certificate
#server.ssl.key: /path/to/your/server/key
opensearch_security.multitenancy.enabled: true
opensearch_security.multitenancy.tenants.preferred: ["Private", "Global"]
opensearch_security.readonly_mode.roles: ["kibana_read_only"]
# Use this setting if you are running opensearch-dashboards without https
opensearch_security.cookie.secure: false
opensearchDashboards.branding:
logo:
defaultUrl: "https://example.com/sample.svg"
darkModeUrl: "https://example.com/dark-mode-sample.svg"
# mark:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# loadingLogo:
# defaultUrl: ""
# darkModeUrl: ""
# faviconUrl: ""
applicationTitle: "Just some testing"